At Emerger Strategies, we partner with fishing & outdoor brands, brands who sell to big box retailers (Walmart, Target, REI, etc.), and industry associations to ensure they receive world-class sustainability consulting that keeps them in compliance with regulations, helps them achieve their sustainability goals, all while making the business case for sustainability. However, as businesses…
Category: Sustainable Packaging
U.S. Plastics Pact Releases Essential Guides to Advance Circular Economy for Plastics
Walpole, NH – August–, 2024 – The U.S. Plastics Pact (U.S. Pact) has released their Design for Circularity Playbooks, three essential reports designed to guide the lifecycle of plastics in the United States. The newly unveiled Design for Recyclability Playbook, Design for Reuse Playbook, and Design for Compostability Playbook provide detailed guidelines to ensure that plastic packaging…
SB Socio-Cultural Trends Research™ 2023 Pulse Highlights – Consumer Sustainability Segments and Gen Z
Sustainable Brands just released the SB Socio-Cultural Trends Research and finds that younger consumers are increasingly demanding brands and products that are socially and environmentally responsible, which isn’t news around here, but it this research help support what my clients are also seeing: employees want to work for companies that align with their values, and…
DEEP DIVE: EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY (EPR) FOR PACKAGING, EXPLAINED BY ATLANTIC PACKAGING
As you may know, Emerger Strategies has partnered with Atlantic Packaging and A New Earth Project to deliver sustainable packaging solutions for our clients, and I recently came across the article, “Deep Dive: Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for Packaging, Explained” from Atlantic Packaging, and if you, or your brand, don’t understand EPR, this is a…
Consumers Want To Hear More From Companies About Sustainability, Study Finds
Among U.S. consumers, 69% agree businesses should communicate more about sustainability and social impact, according to new research from TriplePundit. That includes 75% of Gen Z and 74% of millennials who want to hear more. Consumers support companies that align with their values, and according to a new study, they want companies to talk more about…
EVENT: Let’s Talk Sustainability at ICAST
I am excited to be talking sustainability at ICAST next week at the Orange County Convention Center! Imagine a company that not only champions the sport of fishing, but also leads on climate action and conservation efforts. Products & packaging that are friendly to marine life, and that degrade harmlessly back into the earth. It’s…